Balaam's Third Oracle

24 When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at (A)other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.

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24 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel,(A) he did not resort to divination(B) as at other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness.(C)

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23 For there is no enchantment against Jacob,
    no (A)divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
    (B)‘What has God wrought!’

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23 There is no divination against[a] Jacob,
    no evil omens(A) against[b] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
    and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:23 Or in
  2. Numbers 23:23 Or in

And Balaam said to Balak, (A)“Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come (B)to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height,

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Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me.(A) Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.

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14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of (A)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might (B)eat food sacrificed to idols and (C)practice sexual immorality.

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14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(A) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(B) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(C) and committed sexual immorality.(D)

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16 Behold, (A)these, (B)on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of (C)Peor, and so (D)the plague came among the congregation of the Lord.

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16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice(A) and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident,(B) so that a plague(C) struck the Lord’s people.

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28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of (A)Peor, which overlooks (B)the desert.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:28 Or Jeshimon

28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor,(A) overlooking the wasteland.

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20 Behold, I received a command to bless:
    (A)he has blessed, and (B)I cannot revoke it.

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20 I have received a command to bless;(A)
    he has blessed,(B) and I cannot change it.(C)

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15 Balaam said to Balak, (A)“Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.”

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15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”

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13 So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

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13 The next morning Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your own country, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

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25 Then Saul said to David, “Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will (A)succeed in them.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

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25 Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed,(A) David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph.”

So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

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So Saul arose and went down to (A)the wilderness of Ziph with (B)three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand select Israelite troops, to search(A) there for David.

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20 And now, behold, (A)I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

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20 I know that you will surely be king(A) and that the kingdom(B) of Israel will be established in your hands.

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